Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Murray finally came to the harsh realization that Millie was far more cunning than he ever gave her credit for.

There was a time when he saw her as this pure and beautiful girl, full of innocence and joy. And what was the result?

He ended up being played for a fool, manipulated, and even lost... Anne because of her.

How could things with Roseanne have spiraled this far if it wasn't for Millie?

Thinking about this only intensified Murray's disdain for her. He couldn't bear the thought of stepping into any place she might be!

He had been crashing at the office for several days now.

Millie, too nervous to call him directly, kept using Beverley to bug him about coming home.

To appease his mother, Murray begrudgingly made his way back to the mansion.

But that was it. He was drawing the line there.

...

By the time Murray got back to the mansion, it was already 9 PM.

As he opened the door, there was Millie, attempting to take his coat.

making a beeline

her lip in a

cascading in front of her, giving off

ignored her, heading straight for Beverley. "You wanted me back, here I am." With that said,

his tone flat,

attitude. "Come with

demeanor left little room for argument, and Murray, albeit reluctantly, followed

poured himself a glass of water, leisurely drinking it, paying no mind to Beverley's scowling

child is involved here. Can't you

her son too well. Behind that perfect exterior was a coldness that ran

is to wish for life; to hate

I ever say I wanted this child? Wasn't

eyebrows raised, a clear disdain in his

understood his frustration and resentment, but asking her to give up

matter what you think,

of the Sherwood legacy. I might have turned a blind eye before, but now that know, that child must be born

expression hardened, his repulsion evident: "And after the child is born? You're not seriously expecting me to marry her, are

is the child. Whether or not you marry is up to you,"

a moment: "...I might

"What's the condition?"